EDUCATION

ASUU Strike: Gbajabiamila invites top govt functionaries to A meeting

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2022

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Gbajabiamila made this known after five hours closed-door meeting between the

EDUCATION

Breaking: Court orders ASUU to call off 7-month old strike

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2022

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off the ongoing Strike. ASUU had on February 14 declared a nationwide strike pressing home their demands for revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the

EDUCATION

House of Reps meet with ASUU leadership, others

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2022

The meeting called to resolve the ongoing face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government by the House of Representatives has begun. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, had during plenary on Tuesday confirmed the meeting. Gbajabiamila said among those invited for the meeting were the leadership of […]

EDUCATION

ASUU strike: House of Reps to meet stakeholders Tuesday

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2022

The House of Representatives is to meet stakeholders on the need to put an end to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has left all government universities shut. The schools have been closed since February 14 when the strike started. Among other things, the lecturers demanded better funding and equipment […]

EDUCATION

Anambra bans miniskirts in public, private schools

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2022

The Anambra State Government has prohibited the wearing of miniskirts in the state’s public and private schools. This comes as schools across the state prepare to reopen for the new academic year on Monday. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Commissioner for Education, announced the government’s decision on Saturday during an interactive meeting with education secretaries from

EDUCATION

Insecurity: Students in Kaduna decline to return to school over fear of bandits

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2022

Some primary and secondary school students in Kaduna State, have refused to return to school for the new academic session over the fear of attack by bandits. The Kaduna State Government had announced September 4, 2022, as the date for the reopening of all schools across the state for the new session, however, two weeks […]